Category Archives: Sustainable Gardening

Bringing In The Beneficials

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Ann Lovejoy
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Inviting Bees, Bugs and Butterflies One key to garden success is the garden’s ability to attract and host beneficial insects of many kinds. Not only will we experience better cropping as pollination rates improve, but beneficials also chase away or … Continue reading →

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How To Find High Quality Compost

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Ann Lovejoy
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The True Cost Of Compost Making I hear from many gardeners who feel frustrated by the high cost and uneven quality of commercial compost. How can compost of the same brand, from the same supplier, vary so much in quality? … Continue reading →

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Cold Comfort For Plants

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Ann Lovejoy
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Yes Baby It’s Cold Outside January can be the month of truth for Northwestern gardeners. Early winter can open so mildly that we forget our proximity to Alaska. Indeed, a given January may be as gentle as June (which really … Continue reading →

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Food Quality In Decline

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Ann Lovejoy
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Who Cares About Nutrition? Over the past several decades, numerous studies have uncovered ways in which today’s food supply is less nutritious than that of the past. Government reports on the levels of vitamins and minerals in fresh food today, … Continue reading →

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